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In praise of flubs

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Professional musicians are becoming increasingly addicted on beta-blockers such as Inderal to eliminate the nervousness that they experience before a concert. It is suspected that musicians are medicating on beta-blockers since due to adrenaline they find themselves taking unexpected risks during a concert, which in turn affects their performance.

Knowledge for sale

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Public library is under a siege as they have entered an era of change, evidenced most dramatically by widespread cutbacks, transformation and closings. For this purpose the Philadelphia's library director ordered 20 to 49 branches turned into so-called 'expert libraries' that would be open only in the afternoon by the layoffs.

Libraries, Libraries and Archives, Public Libraries, Analysis, Management, Company business management

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Folk music's new genre benders

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The musicians often combine the new music from the different instruments with the old strings from the traditional folk lore thus creating a new folk music in the state of Vermont. Moreover Aaron Rosenblum is a modern musician who surfs the Internet to find a suitable combination.